July 6, 2008: Welcome to 2008.  As everyone has seen and experienced, travel costs are much worse than last year putting the cost of an average weekend over $40 for gas and tolls.  My schedule so far has been very limited because I'm marching with the Reading Buccaneers this summer.  I will do my best to get the site ready for this season as soon as I can.  I'm also working on putting all the site updates into a blog page that you can subscribe to with various sites like Google, MSN or anything else that allows RSS feeds. 

After my experiences during the musical I've picked up some new equipment for this season and have plans for some additional items by the time the musical rolls around.  I'm also working on designing my business site and have been looking off and on for some templates that I could use for this site, but the problem lies in integrating everything with the photo gallery.  If you're a designer or even if you're looking for a project to earn some course credit I could really use some help so please get in touch with me.  I doubt I will have the free time to make any major site changes before September but will make an effort to have everything for this season ready by the time band camp comes in about a month.  My project plans from last year have been delayed considerably, but I still plan on design work for my ST sites and a new ordering system and some new content.

Even with my schedule I did get a chance to head down to Wildwood to see the indoor guard at TIA prelims and there are photos in the gallery.  I also have a set of photos that was sent to me by Kim Holston, and will get them added to the site as soon as I can.  After some trial and error I have found a method of fixing the 2007 and I'm working on that as I get a chance and should have it wrapped up this week.  I haven't ordered the 2008 video yet, I'll try to do that soon.

As far as this year is concerned, my schedule will again be dictated by the cost of travel and I'll try to use some of the time on the off weekends to make some improvements to the site and test out some new things.  If you have any questions or comments feel free to call or drop me a line.

September 12, 2008 (5am): The first set of photos for the season was posted a few hours ago.  I'm working with some new equipment this year and will try to get more close shots from track level during football games so if you have any requests, send them my way.  Along with the updates this weekend I will be posting a new price list along with some new choices in frames, posters, albums and other items of interest.  I've been looking through industry publications for the past few months and comparing offerings so you name it, I can probably have it produced.  My other goals for the weekend are to post the fixed 2007 indoor video and maybe get some other videos online in addition to working on my professional sites.  The update blog I mentioned is online and I am working on taking all of the news items from this site and the musical site and importing them into the blog to make it search and RSS friendly.  The address for the blog is http://www.nrsmediaservices.com/hannablog/. 

I'm still looking for some designers to help with ideas for a new design for this site and the musical site.  I'm not sure how much I can pay for the help but I will try to come up with something.  You will of course be credited for your work.  This can be a design of your own or an adaptation of something from a template site.  If you have ideas or want to help out, drop me a line.

September 14, 2008 (5am): No new photos this weekend due to the weather.  I do have multiple camera bodies which allows me to have primary and backup equipment, in the event of bad weather at a show I will still be able to produce something for the site.  I'm working on the 2007 indoor video and I can produce a file for Quicktime no problem, but I've been through many different programs trying to produce something that will work for Windows Media.  I normally use DivX but there is something with the audio that it doesn't like.  It seems that Microsoft has some newer software than Windows Media Encoder, but that's not working either.

September 22, 2008 (9am): Photos from the West Shore USSBA show have been posted.  I'm still working on trying to make the 2007 indoor video work in Windows Media format, if I can't get it working soon I will post the Quicktime version.  The new price list is almost finished as well.  Next update will be after the Mechanicsburg show in 2 weeks.